Scissors-gage.



'l :Patented Feb. 4, |9o2- C. WLFF. SCISSDRS IGAGE. (Appemm gud .miv 9,1901.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK O. IVOLFR OF LAJUNTA, COLORADO.

SCISSORS-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,578, dated February4, 1902. Application iiled July 9, 1901. Serial No. 67,621. (No modeLl'To all wiz/m t may concern/r Beit known that LFRANK C. WOLEE, acitizenof the United States, residing at Lajunta, in the county of Otero andState of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements inScissors-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to scissors-gages; and the object of the same is toconstruct a device of this character which can be attached to a pair ofcloth-scissors and serve as a guide and gage in cutting.

The novel construction devised by me is fully described` in thisspecification and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is a plan view of my deviceattached to a pair of scissors. Fig. 2 is an edge view, partially insection, o f the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective with parts separated.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different viewsof the drawings The numeral 1 designates a gage-frame having side bars 3and 4 and cross-bars 5 and 6.

The cross-bar 5 is provided with a ange 7, apertured at 8 to accommodatescrews 9 for attaching the device to the lower blade 10 of a pair ofscissors 11. The rear side bar 3 bears a scale formed of a series ofequidistant graduations 3, corresponding to linear measure and whichserve to measure the cloth.

Formed integral with the outer cross-bar 6 is a guide-plate 12, which isbent over and extends parallel to the plane of the frame 1. Theguide-plate 12 is of less width than the frame l and is traversedlongitudinally by a slot 13. A slide 14 is mounted between vthe frame 1and the plate 12 and comprises an upper plate 15 and a lower plate 16,secured to the upper plate by screws 17. The underside of vthe plate 15is cut away at 18 to accommodate the side bars 3 and 4, which serve asguides for the slides. The guide-plate 12 also serves as a guide for theslide 14 and fits a notch19 in the ders 2l thereon, fits a threadedaperture 22 in the slide 14 and is designed to act as a clamp forsetting the slide at any desired point. By this arrangement the slide 14is held firmly against wabbling. It should be noted thata small space 23intervenes between the end of the guide-plate 12 and the scissors-bladeto permit the cloth to be withdrawn from between the gage-frame andguide-plate.

In operation the screw is loosened and the slide slipped along until`the distance on the scale from its inner end is equal to the width ofthe strip which it is desired to cut, when the screw 20 is screwed uptight. The

blades and inserted'at 23 until the edge contacts with the slide 14,after which the scissors are operated, all the'time keeping the slide 14and edge of cloth in contact.

construction, as these may be modified in many particulars withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my' invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secureby Letters Patent, is- A In a device of the class described thecombination of a gage-frame having parallel side bars and provided withmeans for attaching it to a scissors-blade, one of said bars having ascale thereon, a guide-plate parallel to said gage-frameand having aslot therein, a slide mounted between said gage-frame, andguideplate,1and a set-screw mounted in said slot and constructed toclamp said slide, substantially as described. l

"In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twovsubscribing witnesses.

Y FRANK C. WOLFF. lVitnesses:

A. M. NICHOLAS,

O. G.V HEss.

top thereof. A thumb-screw 20, having shoulcloth is then placed betweenthe scissorsv I do not wish to be limited as to details of I

